LIORA SWEATER

by Valentina Bogdanova

Liora is a seamless top-down sweater with round yoke made in the very beautiful
Malabrigo Arroyo yarn. The eye-catcher of this sweater is the complicated-looking but
easy to make lace pattern on the yoke, while the rest is made in stockinette.
The picture shows size S.

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YARN:
Malabrio Arroyo (100 % merino wool), 306 m/335 yd in 100 Gr, 330 (385, 455, 525, 600)
Gr/1010 (1180, 1390, 1610, 1840) m/1110 (1300, 1530, 1760, 2010) yd. I used colorway
“Pearl” *(AR036).

NEEDLES:
3 mm 100 cm/40” circular needles
3 mm 60 cm/24” dpns or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round
(neck)
3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 100 cm/40” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 dpns or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the
round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
Stitch holders or waste yarn, Main Marker and smaller markers for chart sections, tapestry
needle or crochet hook to weave in ends, cable needle

GAUGE:
22 sts/30 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 needles after
blocking
SIZES:
XS (S, M, L/XL, XXL)
Garment chest measurement: 76 (89, 109, 127, 142) cm / 30.5 (35.5, 43.5, 51, 57)“
a

b c

d
g
e
f

MEASUREMENTS:

XS S M L/XL XXL
a neck width
20 20 23.5 27 27 cm
8 8 9.5 10.75 10.75 inch
b sleeve length neck to cuff
68 68 69 70 72 cm
27 27 27.5 28 29 inch
c neck depth
3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 cm
1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 inch
d center front length to hem
59 59 60 61 63 cm
23.5 23.5 24 24.5 25 inch
e sleeve length underarm to cuff
44 44 44 44 44 cm
17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 inch
f body length underarm to hem
35 35 35 35 35 cm
14 14 14 14 14 inch
g chest circumference
76 89 109 127 142 cm
30.5 35.5 43.5 51 57 inch
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PATTERN NOTES:
• I strongly recommend swatching for the lace pattern and if you notice that it is looser than the stockinette stitch, please use
smaller needles for working the lace section of your sweater!
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with 10 rounds of neck band/ribbing, then work neck shaping with
short rows and then continue working in the round. After the round yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body and continue
working them separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
* basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
* short rows
* working in the round
* working from a chart

ABBREVIATIONS:
BO – bind off
BOR – beginning of round
CM – chart marker
CO – cast on
dpns – double pointed needles
k – knit
k2(3)tog – knit 2 (3) sts together (1 (2) sts decreased)
M1L – make one left (from front to back, lift the horizontal strand between sts with the left needle and knit through the back loop)
M1R – make one right (from back to front, lift the horizontal strand between sts with the left needle and knit through the front loop)
M1-p – make one purlwise (from front to back, lift the horizontal strand between sts with the left needle and purl through the back
loop)
M3 – make three of one (k1tbl, YO, k1tfl) all into the same st (2 sts increased)
MM – main marker
p – purl
p2(3)tog – purl 2 (3) sts together (1 (2) sts decreased)
PCM – place chart marker
PMM – place main marker
ptbl – purl through back loop
rep – repeat
RM – remove marker
RND – round
RS – right side
s2kpo – slip slip knit pass over: with yarn in back, insert your right-hand needle from front to back through the first two stitches on your
left needle; slip both stitches onto the right-hand needle; knit the next stitch; insert the tip of the left-hand needle into the 2
stitches you just slipped to the right-hand needle and pass them over the stitch you just knitted (2 sts decreased).
SLMM – slip main marker
SR – short row
ssk – slip-slip-knit: slip the next 2 sts, one by one, knitwise; insert the tip of the left needle, from left to right, into the fronts of those 2 sts
and knit them together (1 st decreased)
sssk – slip-slip-slip-knit: slip the next 3 sts, one by one, knitwise; insert the tip of the left needle, from left to right, into the fronts of those 3
sts and knit them together (2 sts decreased)
st(s) – stitch(es)
St st – Stockinette stitch
tk2tog – twisted k2tog: slip the first st purlwise to the right needle tip; insert the needle into the second st from back to front and
slip it onto the right needle tip; return the 2 slipped sts to the left needle tip; knit these 2 sts together
tog – together
tssk – twisted ssk: slip the first st purlwise onto the right needle tip; slip the second st knitwise onto the right needle tip; slip both
sts back to the left needle tip and knit them together
tsssk – twisted slip-slip-slip-knit: slip the first st purlwise onto the right needle tip; slip the second and third sts knitwise onto the right needle
tip; slip the three sts back to the left needle tip and knit them together (2 sts decreased)
WS – wrong side
YO – yarn over

Instructions on how to work tssk and tk2tog can be found here: https://ysolda.com/blogs/journal/tssk-and-tk2tog

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PATTERN STITCHES:
1x1 Ribbing in the round:
RND 1: *k1tbl, p1; rep from * to end of RND.
Rep RND 1 for 1x1 Ribbing in the round

1x1 Ribbing worked flat:

RND 1: *k1tbl, p1; rep from * to end of RND.
RND 2: *k1, p1tbl; rep from * to end of RND.
Rep RNDs 1 and 2 for 1x1 Ribbing worked flat

INSTRUCTIONS:

Section 1: CO and Neck Shaping

With smaller needles, using long tail method, CO 121 (121, 141,
161, 161) sts. Join in the round being careful not to twist. In order to
have a jogless connection, before working the 1st RND, slip the last
stitch from the right needle over the first stitch on the left needle, p1
and slip the first stitch off the needle (1 st decreased, 120 (120, 140,
160, 160) sts). PMM for BOR (center back).

Neck ribbing:
RND 1: *k1tbl, p1; rep from * to end of RND.
Rep RND 1 eight times more for a total of nine RNDs.

FOR SIZE XXL ONLY: *(k1tbl, p1) 7 times, M3, p1; rep from * to end of RND (20 sts increased, 180 sts).

NEXT RND FOR ALL SIZES EXCEPT XS: *(k1tbl, p1) 5 times, PCM; rep to end of RND.
NEXT RND FOR SIZE XS ONLY: *(k1tbl, p1) 6 times, PCM; rep to end of RND.

Switch to larger needles and continue as follows:

FOR SIZES S, M, L/XL and XXL: work 1st RND of CHART.

FOR SIZE XS: rep RND 1 once more.

You have 120 (144, 168, 192, 216) sts on your needles.

Shaping neck using short rows (NOTE: I used the YO Short Row method; you can either use the same method or German Short
Rows (GSR), Wind & Turn (W&T), or any other method you prefer. When using GSR or W&T method, add 1 stitch to the given
stitch numbers on RS and deduct 1 stitch from the given stitch numbers on WS (“double” stitch in GSR and Wrapped stitch in
W&T should always be a purl stitch when looking from the RS)):

SR 1 (RS): work 1x1 Ribbing over 45 (55, 65, 75, 85) sts, turn.
SR 2 (WS): YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 44 (54, 64, 74, 84) sts, turn.
SR 3: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 37 (45, 53, 61, 69) sts, turn.
SR 4: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 36 (44, 52, 60, 68) sts, turn.
SR 5: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 29 (35, 41, 47, 53) sts, turn.
SR 6: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 28 (34, 40, 46, 52) sts, turn.
SR 7: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 21 (25, 29, 33, 37) sts, turn.
SR 8: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 20 (24, 28, 32, 36) sts, turn.
SR 9: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 13 (15, 17, 19, 21) sts, turn.
SR 10: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work 1x1 Ribbing over 12 (14, 16, 18, 20) sts, turn.
Now you continue working in the round:
Next RND: YO, work 1x1 Ribbing to MM, SLMM, work RND 2 of CHART (all sizes), and at the same time work YO as p2tog with
the next st on the right shoulder and work YO as p2tog with the previous st on the left shoulder.
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Section 2: Lace Section

Work LACE CHART (RNDs 3 to 60). The CM will help you to follow the chart. Work chart from right to left. You will work 10 (12,
14, 16, 18) repeats of the chart per round. In the last CHART RND, remove all CM.
CHART
26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 LEGEND:
60
O O 59 k
– 58 – p
O O 57 O YO
– – – 56 / k2tog
O – – O 55 \ ssk
– – – 54 k1tbl
O – – – O 53 p1tbl
– – – – – 52 tssk
O – – – – – O 51 tk2tog
– – – – – – – 50 sssk
O – – O O – – O 49 s2kpo
– – – – – – 48 p3tog
O – – – – – – O 47 M3 M3
– – – O \ – / O – – – 46 M1L M1L
O – – O \ – / O – – O 45 M1R M1R
– – O \ – / O – – 44 M1-p M1-p
M1R O – O \ – / O – O M1L 43 o pull the third st on the left needle
– – / O – O \ – – 42 over the first two sts, k1, YO, k1
O – – / O – O \ – – O 41
– – – / O – O \ – – – 40
O – – – / O – O \ – – – O 39
– – – – – O \ – / O – – – – 38
– – – – – O \ – / O – – – – 37
– – – – – O \ – / O – – – – 36
– – – – – O \ – / O – – – – 35
– – – – / O – O \ – – – 34
– o – – – / O – O \ – – – o 33
– – – – / O – O \ – – – 32
– – – – / O – O \ – – – 31
– – – – O \ – / O – – – 30
– o – – – O \ – / O – – – o 29
– – – – O \ – / O – – – 28
– – – – O \ – / O – – – 27
– – – – – – – – 26
– o – – – M1L – M1R – – – o 25
– – – – – – – – 24
– – – – – – – – 23
– – – – – – – – 22
– o – – – M1L – M1R – – – o 21
– – – – – – – – – – 20
– – – – – – – – – – 19
– – – – – – – – – – 18
– – – – – M1L – M1R – – – – 17
– – – – – – – – – – 16
– – – – – – – – – – 15
– – – – – – – – – – 14
– – – – – M1L – M1R – – – – 13
– – – – – – – – – – 12
– – – – – – – – – – 11
– – – – – – – – – – 10
– – – M1-p – – – M1-p – – 9
– – – – – – – – 8
– – – – – – – – 7
– – – – – – – – 6
– – – M1-p – M1-p – – 5
– – – – – – 4
– – – – – – 3
– – – – – – 2
– – – M3 – – 1
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
After finishing the LACE CHART, you have 260 (312, 364, 416, 468) sts on your needles.
Continue to knit 0 (0, 4, 8, 12) more RNDs.
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Section 3: Separation of Body and Sleeves and Working Lower Body plus
Ribbing

RND 1: k38 (45, 55, 65, 72), slip next 54 (66, 72, 78, 90) sts onto stitch holders, CO 8 (8,
10, 10, 12) sts for underarm, k76 (90, 110, 130, 144), slip next 54 (66, 72, 78, 90) sts onto
stitch holders, CO 8 (8, 10, 10, 12) sts for underarm, k38 (45, 55, 65, 72) (168 (196, 240,
280, 312) sts).

RND 2: k.

Rep RND 2 until your work measures 32 cm/ 12.75” from underarm (or your desired length
minus 3 cm / 1.25”).

Switch to smaller needles and work ribbing as follows:

RND 1: *k1tbl, p1; rep from * to end of RND.

Rep RND 1 eight times more for a total of nine rounds and BO loosely.
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Section 4: Sleeves

With larger needles, from center of underarm, pick up and knit 4 (4, 5, 5, 6) sts, pick up and knit 1 st between the underarm sts
and the sleeve sts, knit 54 (66, 72, 78, 90) sts from the stitch holders, pick up and knit 1 st between the underarm sts and the
sleeve sts, pick up and knit 4 (4, 5, 5, 6) sts from underarm (64 (76, 84, 90, 104) sts).

PMM for BOR.

Knit in the round, working Decrease RND every 12th (8th, 7th, 6th, 5th) round 9 (14, 17, 18, 23) times (46 (48, 50, 54, 58) sts).

Decrease RND: SLMM, k1, k2tog, k to 3 sts before MM, ssk, k1.

Continue until your sleeve measures 41 cm/16.5” from underarm (or your desired length minus 3 cm / 1.25“).

Switch to smaller needles and work ribbing as follows:

RND 1: *k1tbl, p1; rep from * to end of RND.

Rep RND 1 eight times for a total of nine rounds and BO loosely.

Rep for second sleeve.

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FINISHING

Weave in ends and block to measurements.

The sweater is finished!
#liora_sweater
Many thanks for
Grading and technical editing: Josephine Kush @josephine_kush

Should you have any questions, comments or difficulties with my pattern, please contact me:

via e-mail: vb0077@list.ru

as well as on Instagram and Ravelry: @valentinasknits
Copyright Valentina Bogdanova, 2019
All rights reserved. It is prohibited to copy or sell this pattern or give or sell this pattern for use by others. It is prohibited to sell items
that are knitted from this pattern.

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